Cover Letter Blues

Who knew writing a cover letter would be so difficult?
I’m trying to honestly represent who I am, what I am about, and what I want for my students. But its really hard because all of the things I want to foster in my students- those greater teaching philosophy issues- are completely immeasurable by traditional means. [...]

Gagliardi rocks my socks off

So here’s another reason to add to the list of why CSB/SJU is pretty much awesome-  I was reading Donald Miller’s “Searching for God Knows What” during my 4 hour break from Praxis testing yesterday because I started reading it awhile ago and I completely fail at finishing books. Plus, it was a good thing [...]

What is a Band Teacher anyway?

One very valuable thing I’ve learned through my student teaching experience is how easy it is for our focus to be distracted from teaching our students, fostering their musicianship, and bringing them to a place where they create something amazing that they actually take a whole lot of pride in. 
Our worlds are so chaotic and [...]

Spring is here

Food poisoning is probably the least fun thing I’ve experienced in the past year. For 2 days, I felt like my stomach was going to explode… and there was no relief. But now I’m better!!!!!! wOOt.
I had a very encouraging rehearsal with my 10th graders today. I’ve totally gained their respect and that feels absolutely [...]

McDilemmas and Redonk Richard Wagner

With all my driving around all the time, I’ve gotten used to stopping at McDonalds and grabbing some nuggets and fries to keep me company on my way around the world. It gets pretty lonely in a car by myself and when I’m hungry its not all that bearable. McDonalds is great- its right off [...]

More Emo-ness

So it kinda sucks for all of you that I started this blog at a really restless time in my life because you get to deal with reading all my emo crap.
Today I visited my old middle school and it was wonderfully amazing. It got me ridiculously exicted about teaching middle school again and basically [...]

Some More Random Disconnected Thoughts

Now that I’ve decided not to worry about next year, life seems so less stressful but I also have less to say and less to process. Therefore, my blog entries consist of random, meaningless statements.
Teaching is so ridiculously challenging. I’ve never been so emotionally up and down- not gonna lie, its mostly down these days. [...]